SAN JOSE, Calif., and
DETROIT, Oct. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Altera
Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced it is demonstrating new
field-programmable gate array (FPGA) solutions enabling systems
designers to rapidly add features and functionality to their
automotive systems designs at SAE Convergence in Detroit, Michigan from October 21 to 22 in Booth #313. The
demonstrations include a variety of new solutions for advanced
driver assistance systems (ADAS) and infotainment applications on
Cyclone® FPGAs.
Industry-Standard Design Flows Speed Development
Time
Altera offers solutions that accelerate design times
and improve design productivity by eliminating the need to write
code in traditional RTL. Designers can target Cyclone V SoCs using
the Altera SDK for OpenCL, an industry-standard software-based
design flow that reduces development time from months to days by
allowing designers to use a familiar software programming language
such as C instead of the traditional VHDL or Verilog. Similarly,
engineers can leverage Altera's DSP Builder tool to develop
algorithms in MATLAB/Simulink, and port them to an FPGA without the
need to write RTL code.
ISO 26262 Functional Safety and AUTOSAR Solutions Improve
Productivity
Altera takes a holistic approach to functional
safety. By targeting ISO 26262 certification for Altera's Quartus®
II design tools, FPGAs and associated safety diagnostics IP, Altera
offers designers 12 to 18 months of development time savings
compared to non-certified offerings. Additional Cyclone V SoC
features such as 16- and 32-bit DDR memory interfaces with hardened
error correction code (ECC) provide the lowest latency and highest
reliability memory interfaces critical to embedded vision and video
processing applications.
To complement our functional safety offering, Altera is
introducing the first ever automotive open-system architecture
(AUTOSAR) version 4.0.3 microcontroller abstraction layer (MCAL)
solution for programmable logic, a solution available for Cyclone V
SoC FPGAs. AUTOSAR helps improve automotive design productivity by
abstracting the application software code from the underlying
hardware. Altera's ready-built MCAL was developed with an ISO 26262
ASIL B compliant safety-level methodology, to provide a streamlined
foundation for our customers to rapidly innovate and differentiate
their safety-critical applications.
"Altera is committed to increasing automotive design
productivity by offering flexible hardware and software solutions
to the automotive industry," said Dan
McNamara, vice president of Altera's Automotive business
unit. "Our full portfolio of AEC-Q100-certified FPGAs, CPLDs and
FPGA-optimized Enpirion® power solutions are designed to save
customers months of design time."
Altera's in-booth live demonstrations at SAE Convergence 2014
include:
- OpenCL-based implementation of Lucas
Kanade dense optical flow
- High-performance video analytics solution demonstrating
multiple ADAS algorithms such as lane tracking, pedestrian
detection and traffic sign recognition running simultaneously on a
single Cyclone V SoC FPGA
- Stereo-vision IP suite showcasing image rectification,
distortion correction, stereo matching and object detection in a
Cyclone V SoC utilizing less than 75K logic elements
- Low latency Ethernet video camera stream that offloads the CPU,
receives packetized video and decodes the video with ultra-low
video latency of under two frames
- Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) Embedded
DisplayPort® (eDP) solution showing how an FPGA can interface to
the embedded display port protocol, which is increasingly used for
high-definition LCD applications
- Low-cost, 360-degree surround view solution for parking
assistance applications
To learn more about Altera's automotive solutions, visit
http://www.altera.com/automotive.
About Altera
Altera® programmable solutions enable
designers of electronic systems to rapidly and cost effectively
innovate, differentiate and win in their markets. Altera offers
FPGAs, SoCs, CPLDs, ASICs and complementary technologies, such as
power management, to provide high-value solutions to customers
worldwide. Visit www.altera.com.
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